Press for setting lacing-hooks



(No Model.)

E. H. TRAIN.

PRESS FOR SETTING LAGING HOOKS.

Patented Aug. 11, 1885.

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UNITED I STATES PATENT ()EEIQE.

EDGAR H. TRAIN, OF UNION CITY, CONNECTICUT.

PRESS v FOR SETT|NG LAClNG-HOOKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,978, dated August 11, 1885.

Application filed December 26, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDGAR H. TRAIN, of Union City, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have in vented a new Improvement in Press for Setting Shoe-Lacing Hooks, and I do hereby declare that the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a side view of the machine, partly in section 5 Fig. 2, a vertical central section of the setting devices enlarged, showing the hook as in place and the material over it as prepared for setting; Fig. 3, the same, with the parts closed, as having completely set the hook; Fig.4, a top view of the post and sleeve, showing the guides; Fig. 5, an under face of the follower Fig. 6, a vertical section through the face of the follower Fig. 7, a transverse section on line x w of Fig. 2,1ooking downward; Fig. 8, an elevation of the sleeve and post, looking toward the channel d; Fig. 9, an elevation of the same on the reverse side of Fig. 8.

This invention relates to a press for attachin g lacing-hooks to shoes, particularly adapted to the hook for which Letters Patent of the United States were gran ted to me, dated April 3, 1883, N 0. 275,295, but applicable to hooks of other styles. These hooks are provided with three prongs, projecting at right angles from the back of the hook, which are designed to pass through the upper of the shoe and be turned down upon the reverse side. In setting devices the prongs are liable to turn in the wrong direction or out of line in passing through the upper.

The object of my invention is to construct the press or apparatus so as to protect and direct the prongs of the hook as they pass through the upper, and prevent their being turned outoftheir direct planein such passage or until the setting device is applied; and it consists in the construction of the press as hereinafter described, and more particularly (No model.)

sponding to the face of the hook, as seen in Fig. 7, and so that the point of the hook may abut against a shoulder, a, thereon, as seen in Fig. 2. Surrounding the post is a sleeve, D, which is supported by a spring, E, so as to be moved up and down on the post as a guide. In the upper end of the sleeve is an opening, 1), corresponding to the shape of the hook, and into this opening a channel, 01, leads, to guide the point of the hook to its place, and so that when the sleeve is in its up position, as seen in Fig. 2, the hook may be passed in, prongs upward, the nose of the hook passing through the channel 61, so as to insure the hook finding its seat on the top of the post and within the sleeve. The sleeve extends above the post to the full height of the prongs of the hook, as seen in Fig. 2, and so that the prongs are supported against the sides of the opening I) through the sleeve. Above the post, and in axial line with it, is a follower, F, arranged in a suitable guide, G, on the upright B, and supported by a spring, H, the tendency of which is to hold the follower up away from the post below. In the upright a lever, I, is hung upon a fulcrum, J, and'to which power may be applied to force the follower downward, as indicated in broken lines, Fig. 1, and in the usual manner for foot or other setting presses.

The face of the followerFis constructed with cavities e e 6, corresponding to the three prongs. These cavities start from the face of the follower flush and incline upward and inward toward the center, as seen enlarged in Figs. 5 and 6. At the inner end the cavities are curved downward and inward, as seen in Fig. 6, the incline of the cavity being a tangent from the curve, the several cavities being in radial lines from the center of the follower.

In operation, the hook is placed upon the post and within the opening in the sleeve, as

seen in Fig. 2. Then the upper L of the shoe, or whatever it may be to which the hook is to be applied, is laid over the sleeve. Then the follower F is forced downward upon the material, and so as to depress the sleeve, and in such depression the prongs pass through the material, and each prong, striking the inclined surface of the cavity, is turned inward, and until it meets the downwardly-curved end of the cavity. Then the points of the prongs are each turned downward, so that in the last part of the operation or downward pressure the point of the prong will be turned into the material, and just as the prong itself is forced down upon the reverse side of the material, and as seen in Fig. 3. In this operation the sleeve serves as a guide and support for the prongs during their entire progress through the material in setting, and so that the pron s are not liable to be thrown out of shape by the material coming upon them, or in their passage through the material, but their proper position and clinching upon the back are insured. ()n the sleeve a guide,f, is arranged, against which the edge of the material will strike as it is placed over the hook, and thereby serve as a guide to insure the proper relative position of the hook to the ecge of the mate rial to which it is to be applied.

It is desirable that the hooks be equally spaced. To do this I arrange an adjustable guide, 71 on each side the opening in the sleeve, and as seen in Figs. 4 and 9. These guides are secured by a screw, 2", through a slot, Z, in front, and so that they may be moved nearer to or farther from the hook-opening, as indicated in broken lines, Fig. 4, and after one hook has been attached that book is brought against one of the guides, which 10- cates it in position to receive the next hook; then the second hook serves to fix the position of the third hook, and so on.

One of the guides k may be omitted. I prefer to apply two to the machine, however, in order that the setting may be from right to leftor left to right, as the operator may dedesire.

lVhile I have described the holding device for the hook as fixed below and the follower above and movable, it will be understood that these may be inverted or arranged in other positions, it only being essential that they shall have the same relative position to each other, however they may be placed.

I claim 1. The combination of the fixed post 0, its top corresponding to the face of the hook, and constructed to form a shoulder, a, as a stop for the nose of the hook, the sleeve 1), surrounding said post, and having an opening in its top, constructed with sides corresponding to and constituting supports for the several prongs of the hook, a spring arranged to support said sleeve with its said sides above the end of the post, and a vertically-movable follower in line with the said post, and having cavities in its face corresponding to the respective prongs of the hook, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination of the fixed post 0, having its upper face corresponding to the face of the hook to be set, and constructed with a shoulder, against which the nose of the hook will rest, a sleeve surrounding said post, having an opening in its upper end, constructed with sides corresponding to and constituting supports for the several prongs of the hook, and a spring arranged to support said sleeve with the said opening above the post, and a vertically-inovable follower in line with said post, constructed with cavities upon its face corresponding to the several prongs, and an adjustable guide, h, arranged upon said sleeve, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination of the fixed post 0, having its upper face recessed corresponding to the face of the hook, and constructed with a shoulder, 0, against which the nose of the hook will bear, a sleeve, D, movable on said post,

constructed with an opening in its upper end, constructed with sides corresponding to and constituting supports for the several prongs of the hook, a spring arranged to support said sleeve, with the said opening above the end of the post, and a vertically-movable follower in line with said post, its under face constructed with cavities corresponding in number to the prongs of the hook, each cavity inclined from the face of the follower inward and upward,

the inner end of the cavity curved downward to the face of the follower, substantially as and for the purpose described.

EDGAR [-1. TRAIN. Witnesses FRANK M. TwrrorIELL, HOMER TWrronELL. 

